加载中…学习吴丹丹老师文章，反思学科教学与研究
(2014-09-30 11:43:16)
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吴丹丹老师在国际高中教学中澳项目EAL、《会计》和小中美项目《经济学》三门课程。她结合学科教学要求和当下社会热点之一----“景区票价人为上涨现象”，撰写了一篇阐明自己观点的文章，发表在2014年9月25日《上海日报》（英文版）上。
国际高中中澳合作项目EAL（English as an Additional Language）学科教学中，教师要培养学生写作“说服文”（persuasive essay）的能力。学生需要关注当下社会生活中的热点话题，努力培养思辨能力，学会阐明自己观点。在维多利亚州每年10月底的高三年级EAL学科大联考（成绩大约占大学录取成绩的50%）中，考生要完成分析一篇配图说服文的试题（占整份试卷30%的分数）。
阅读吴老师的这篇文章后，我有两点感受：一是她的英语语言素养厚实，文章逻辑严谨，语言表达地道，令我敬佩；二是她的学科教学与教研意识较强，很值得我学习。要让学生练就写作、分析说服文的本领，我们教师也要有关注社会热点、表达自己观点的能力。
附：吴丹丹老师文章
RECENTLY, a great number of famous scenic spots have announced their decisions to raise ticket prices.
The ticket price for Yulong Mountain in Yunnan Province has risen from 105 RMB (US$17) to 130 RMB whereas that of Danxia Mountain in Guangdong Province, previously set at 160 RMB, has bumped up to 200 RMB. Statistics have shown that entrance fees for domestic AAAAA scenic areas have generally arrived at “the age of one hundred RMB.”
Despite the fact that attacks on skyrocketing ticket prices and appeals to get rid of the “ticket economy” have been going on for years, entrance fees for most tourist attractions have gone up before the “Golden Week” of the National Day holiday with only a few exceptions. It seems that the public has little control over the rising prices as tourists have no alternative but to accept the exorbitant expenses.
Local decision-makers with basic business sense would realize that compared to a healthy tourism industry, a “ticket economy” brings about nothing but petty profits.
When tourists are blocked by costly tickets, it is impossible for governors to develop their recreation industry as a whole. Whether scenic area managers are playing dumb or are simply shortsighted, keeping the prices down has to be firmly carried out.
What could really be done to restrain the rising ticket prices when years of strong public opposition to it has come to no avail? It boils down to institutionalization.
Public hearing
The new Tourism Law, enacted in 2013, stipulates that entrance tickets to public scenic zones are to be priced by governments. Any proposal to raise prices requires a public hearing during which opinions on its necessity and viability are to be voiced. The law should be the trump card in containing ticket prices.
Opinions on Promoting the Reform and Development of the Tourism Industry, issued by the State Council this year, reasserted the above-mentioned provisions. It is beyond doubt that price control by the government has to be executed before the commonweal attribute of scenic areas is recognized and the financial load on tourists lessened. Those who intend to raise entrance charges have to apply for a hearing according to law.
Many others who have already put up their prices actually went through highly questionable hearing procedures.
Take the public price hearing of Yulong Mountain as an example. It was pointed out that the tourist spot, also known as Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, had been operating at a loss because for the past three years the entrance ticket income failed to cover all costs.
As a result, an increase of 25 RMB on ticket prices seemed proper.
Yet such excuses were not well-justified. In the first place, poor operations should be corrected by profound introspection on management methods and cost control, not by relying solely on raising ticket prices.
Beyond that, financial disclosure and auditing should be in place when a claim of so-called “operating under poor conditions” is made.
In light of the much-questioned price hearing on public goods, it is essential to draw a lesson by setting up a hearing procedure suited to the tourism industry.
The hearing should include discussion of fees and separate charges for entrance, sightseeing places and transportation. Public advice needs to be solicited, and auditing of costs should be subject to public supervision.
The exploitation of scenic spots built on public resources must reflect their non-profit nature.
Clear limitations should be put on raising prices except when exceptional circumstances make it inevitable.
Meanwhile, sightseeing areas that keep prices down should be rewarded.
It is only in this way that we can coerce the local decision-makers into abandoning the “ticket economy” and focusing on overall development of the tourism industry.
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